Springboro City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1261
Zoning Districts and Uses
1261.01 ZONING DISTRICTS.
In order to classify, regulate and restrict the location of trades, residences, recreation and other land uses and the location of buildings, to regulate and limit the height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures hereafter erected or altered, to regulate and limit the amount of lot area which may be occupied, setback lines, size of yards, courts and other open spaces within and surrounding such buildings, the density of population, the incorporated territory of Springboro, Ohio is hereby divided into zoning districts. All such regulations are uniform for each building, structure or use within each zoning district.
The City is divided into zoning districts as follows:
Table 3. Zoning Districts Established
General Zoning Districts | Special Purpose Zoning Districts | ||
R-1 | Estate-Type Residential District | PUD | Planned Unit Development (PUD) District |
R-2 | Low Density Residential District | PUD-MU | Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Mixed Use |
R-3 | Medium Density Residential District | PUD-O | Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Office |
O-R | Office Residential District | PUD-B | Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Business |
O | Office District | PUD-R | Planned Unit Development (PUD) - Residential |
LBD | Local Business District | TC | Town Center Overlay District |
HBD | Highway Business District | ADD-1 | Austin Development District 1 |
CBD | Central Business District | ADD-2 | Austin Development District2 |
UVD |
Urban Village
District | Mobile Home Park | |
ED | Employment Center District | ||
M-1 | Light Manufacturing District | ||
M-2 | Heavy Manufacturing District | ||
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15; Ord. O-20-2. Passed 1-2-20.)
1261.02 ZONING MAP; CREATION AND ADOPTION.
An accurate map depicting the lawful application of the zoning districts provided for in this Chapter to the geographic area within the City shall be created and maintained. Such map shall be captioned "Zoning Map of the City of Springboro, Ohio" and shall be initially adopted by ordinance of the City Council after notice and hearing as required by law.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.03 AUTHENTICATION OF ZONING MAP.
(a) Authentication. The Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the Clerk of Council, and bear the following words: "This is to certify that this is the Zoning Map of the City of Springboro, Ohio," together with the date of the original adoption of this Zoning Code, or any amendments thereto.
(b) Part of Zoning Code. The Zoning Map together with all notations, references and other matters shown thereon are hereby declared a part of this Zoning Code.
(c) Available to Public. Copies of the Zoning Map shall be retained in the City offices and be made available to the public upon request.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.04 RECORDING OF MAP AMENDMENTS.
If, in accordance with this Zoning Code and Ohio R.C. Chapter 713, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by Council, with an entry on the Map indicating the ordinance number and the date of adoption. No new authentication of the Map by the Mayor and Clerk shall be necessary following such changes, the authorizing ordinance and map notations being sufficient.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.05 REPLACEMENT OF ORIGINAL MAP.
(a) Replacement. If the Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes and additions, or for any other reason, a new Map may be prepared which shall supersede the prior Map. The new Map may correct drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Map, but no such correction thereof shall have the effect of amending the original Map or any subsequent amendment thereof.
(b) Authentication. The new Map shall be authenticated by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the Clerk of Council, and include the following certification: "This is to certify that this Zoning Map supersedes and replaces the Zoning Map originally adopted (date), as part of Ordinance Number (number), the same being codified as Section 1261.02 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Springboro, Ohio".
(c) No Council Action. No action of the City Council shall be required to approve a replacement Map which complies with this section, nor shall Council approval be required for its execution by the Mayor and Clerk of Council.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.06 PRESERVATION OF ORIGINAL MAP AND RECORDS.
Unless the prior Zoning Map has been lost, or has been totally destroyed, the prior Map and/or significant parts thereof remaining shall be preserved, together with all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.07 INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the zoning districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Where Boundaries Approximately Follow Streets, Alleys or Highways. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets, alleys or highways, street lines, alley lines, or highway right-of-way lines, such centerlines, street lines, alley lines or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such district boundaries.
(b) Where Boundaries Approximately Follow Lot Lines. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately follow lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such district boundaries.
(c) Where Boundaries Parallel Street Right-of-Way Lines, Alley Lines, or Highway Right-of Way Lines. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately parallel to the centerlines or street lines of streets, the centerlines or alley lines of alleys, or the centerlines or right-of-way lines of highways, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zoning Map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by use of the scale shown on the Zoning Map.
(d) Where Boundaries Follow Natural Features. Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following a stream, lake or other body of water, such stream, lake or other body of water shall be construed as being the limit of the district, unless otherwise indicated.
(e) Vacation of Public Ways. Whenever any street, alley or public way is vacated in the manner authorized by law, the zoning districts adjoining each side of the street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacations and all areas included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended districts.
(f) Boundary Determination. Where the district boundaries cannot reasonably be determined by application of the above methods, City Council shall make the determination after recommendation by the Planning Commission, notice to property owners and a hearing, all as in a rezoning.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)
1261.08 ZONING DISTRICT PURPOSE/INTENT STATEMENTS.
(a) R-1 Estate-Type Residential District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the R-1 District is to provide for low density single-family residential development. Commercial and industrial development is prohibited, except for golf courses as noted in Table 6. Permitted Uses by District.
(2) Intent. The intent of the R-1 District is to stabilize, protect and encourage the residential character of the district and prohibit activities not compatible with a low density residential neighborhood. Development is limited to single-family dwellings plus Public Uses and Quasipublic Uses.
(b) R-2 Low Density Residential District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the R-2 District is to provide for moderate density detached single-family residential development. Commercial and industrial development is prohibited, except for golf courses as noted in Table 6. Permitted Uses by District.
(2) Intent. The intent of the R-2 District is to stabilize, protect and encourage the residential character of the district and prohibit activities not compatible with a moderate density residential neighborhood. Development is limited to single-family dwellings plus Public Uses and Quasipublic Uses.
(c) R-3 Medium Density Residential District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the R-3 District is to provide for moderate to higher density residential development. A variety of housing and building types is encouraged within this District including apartments, single-family detached homes, townhomes and other similar single and multifamily housing dwelling types. Commercial development is prohibited, except for golf courses as noted in Table 6. Permitted Uses by District.
(2) Intent. The intent of the R-3 District is to address the varied housing needs of City residents by providing locations for development of multiple family housing at a moderate to higher density than is permitted in lower density residential districts plus Public Uses and Quasipublic Uses.
(d) O-R Office-Residential District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the O-R District is to provide for a mixture of residential uses, and small-scale professional offices.
(2) Intent. The intent of the O-R District is to act as a transition between established residential neighborhoods and non-residential areas. Development should reflect a residential scale and not generate or create traffic or noise detrimental to the adjoining neighborhoods.
(e) O Office District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the O District is to provide for development of office uses, office sales, and basic personal services, particularly larger planned office complexes and office centers
(2) Intent. The intent of the O District is to accommodate office developments at a variety of sizes and intensities that are consistent with the existing and desirable future pattern of development in the city and that respect the relative proximity of surrounding residential development.
(f) ED Employment Center District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the ED District is to provide for business parks that combine and integrate light industrial and/or manufacturing uses with offices and similar land uses.
(2) Intent. The intent of the ED District is to enhance the city's economic base by providing suitable areas to support the employment needs of the community in developments that are compatible with adjacent uses. The employment center district provides for the location of light manufacturing and product processing, research and development facilities, professional services, medical facilities and complementary educational and recreational uses which are not detrimental to the employment district. Limited retail, business and support services that serve the needs of the employment district tenants and patrons are allowed. The employment district is intended to have limited nuisance factors and hazards.
(g) LBD Local Business District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the LBD Local Business District is to accommodate business uses that are smaller in scale and serve the local community.
(2) Intent. The intent of the LBD Local Business District is to meet the day-to-day convenience shopping and service needs of persons residing in adjacent residential areas and to permit such uses as are necessary to satisfy those limited basic shopping and/or service needs that, by their nature and size, are not related to the community-wide or regional shopping pattern.
(h) HBD Highway Business District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the HBD Highway Business District is to accommodate business uses that by their nature are dependent on a high traffic, high visibility location and/or which generate substantial amounts of traffic either continuously or at peak periods.
(2) Intent. The intent of the HBD district to serve the needs of automobile highway traffic, and to provide for uses that draw from a regional market and whose customers or clients rely to a great extent upon the freeway system. The HBD Highway Business District is intended to be located at the interchange areas of feeder roads and freeway facilities. These uses are often large in scale, or occupy a portion of a multiple occupancy complex which includes large-scale "anchor" uses.
(i) CBD Central Business District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the CBD Central Business District is to accommodate the preservation and redevelopment in the historical core of the City with a mix of residential, retail, office and community, civic, and institutional uses. Residential uses are also appropriate when provided in a mixed-use/live-work environment.
(2) Intent. The intent of the CBD Central Business District is to create a unique, historic, walkable mixed use district with a diversity of office, retail, institutional and residential spaces in the historic core of the community. Encourage shared parking areas dispersed throughout the district typically located behind the buildings that front on South Main Street and adjoining streets and to prohibit industrial and automotive related services and nonretail uses.
(j) UVD Urban Village District.
(k) M-1 Light Manufacturing District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the M-1 District is to provide land for manufacturing establishments which are clean, quiet and free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, dust, smoke or glare, which operate within enclosed structures and which generate little industrial traffic.
(2) Intent. The intent of the M-1 District is to accommodate wholesale activities, warehouses, light industrial operations and limited service commercial uses that are complementary and are not detrimental to either existing or proposed industrial uses. Residential uses, uses incidental to residential development and most retail activities are prohibited from this district.
(l) M-2 Heavy Manufacturing District.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of the M-2 District is to provide land for major manufacturing, processing, storage, warehousing, research and testing establishments which require large sites, extensive community services and facilities, ready access to regional transportation, generate heavy traffic and create no nuisance discernible beyond the District.
(2) Intent. The intent of the M-2 District is to provide areas for heavy manufacturing uses involving activities that do not complement the character of commercial or residential areas. M-2 zoned areas should be located so as to ensure that heavy manufacturing uses will not result in detrimental impacts to commercial or residential districts. Typical uses in this district include processing of natural and manmade materials for use in general manufacturing.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15; Ord. O-20-2. Passed 1-2-20.)
1261.09 INTERPRETATION; CONFORMITY REQUIRED; ANNEXED TERRITORY.
(a) The regulations set forth in this Zoning Code for each district shall be deemed minimum regulations and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided:
(b) No building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered, except in conformity with all of the regulations specified in this Zoning Code for the district in which it is located.
(c) No building or other structure shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed the height or bulk, accommodate or house a greater number of families, occupy a greater percentage of lot area or have narrower or smaller rear yards, front yards, side yards or other open spaces, than required, or in any other manner contrary to the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(d) No yard or lot existing at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 546B, passed February 25, 1976) shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth in this Zoning Code. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 546B, passed February 25, 1976) shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this Zoning Code.
(e) All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City shall be administered in accordance with the applicable township or county zoning district regulations until otherwise classified. Annexed territory without township or county zoning shall be considered to be in the R-1 District until otherwise classified. (Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)